WSJ Minute Briefing

Midday Report for Tuesday, November 7th

11/7/2017 11:59AM

It's Election Day, and two races to watch are in New Jersey and Virginia. President Trump signals he'd like to see North Korea return to the negotiating table. And Trump is losing support in some counties he carried during the election, according to a new WSJ/NBC News poll. Annmarie Fertoli reports.

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this isn't in a briefing ... from the Wall Street Journal ... I ... election day and two of the big races to watch are in New Jersey and Virginia ... all states are electing YouGov see New Jersey Democrat Phil Murphy is running against Kenwood I know to succeed Chris Christie whose approval ratings have plummeted ... in Virginia a swing state it's a close contentious race between Republican and Gillespie and Democrat Ralph Northam and a contest that's being viewed as a referendum on the Trump administration ... president Trump is indicating he'd like to see North Korea come back to the negotiating table saying he's seen signs of progress recently ... have made those comments during a stop in Seoul South Korea Tuesday as he continues his tour of Asia ... meanwhile back home Trump is losing support in battleground counties that helped propel him to victory according to a new poll from The Wall Street Journal NBC News ... poll finds disapproval of the president's performance has risen to fifty percent of those precincts ... that Democrats still haven't managed to turn over those gains to their party ... for more on these and other stories handed WSJ dot com I'm hammering for Tully in the news room at the Wall Street Journal